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A giant snake measuring 33-feet long has been discovered on a building site in northern Brazil. The enormous reptile weighing 400kg was found by construction workers following an explosion in a cave in Altamira, Pará. Footage filmed by one of the workers shows the snake’s gigantic body, which measures one metre in diameter. Scroll down for video Video: Incredible 10m giant anaconda snake caught in Brazil A video shows the anaconda was chained to a crane and later lifted up to reveal its yellow spotted belly. Many users left comments criticising the workers’ for chaining and apparently killing the snake…

A twin-turbine two-seat armed reconnaissance helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche was an aircraft that just couldn’t meet its high expectations. Built for armed reconnaissance, light attack, and air combat, the Comanche was fully equipped, extremely heavy, and downright unsuccessful. Countering Soviet Threats During the 1980s, the United States believed that the Soviet Union was still funnelling money into their own advanced military operations. As a result, the US Army began looking for a suitable replacement for their older, worn-down light attack and reconnaissance helicopters and the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program was born. The intent was to replace all the Vietnam-era…

MU striker Marcus Rashford has completed a Rolls-Royce hat-trick, when he bought his third Rolls-Royce, worth £ 560 thousand. The name Marcus Rashford is being mentioned a lot through the splash of money to buy a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Blue Shadow worth £ 560,000. This trendy supercar is equipped with a 6.75-liter twin-turbo V12 engine with a luxurious interior and an 18-speaker sound system. Rolls-Royce Cullinan Blue Shadow is a special version of the British super luxury car company, produced and built inspired by the demarcation line between the atmosphere and the earth, Karman and the infinite space of the universe.…

It is predicted that Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland will compete tightly at the top of the football world after the end of the rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi . The reason is, since they were teenagers, Mbappe and Haaland have shown their capacity as generational talents. As is known, currently Ronaldo and Messi are no longer playing in Europe. Ronaldo plays in the Saudi Arabian League with Al Nassr, while Messi strengthens Inter Miami in the American League (MLS). No doubt, this is an opportunity for young footballers to show themselves that they deserve to be superstars…

Lexus has built a car that pulsates with light in time with the driver’s heartbeat in order to display the connection between the driver and the car. Using electro-luminescent paint, Lexus have converted an RC F coupe into a on-off model they are calling the ‘heartbeat car’. Unfortunately for petrol heads, the special project is a one-time collaboration, and won’t go on general sale. Scroll down for video The model uses biometric technology to visualise the physical and emotional connection shared by man and machine when at the wheel. The aim of the project, a collaboration between the creative technology…

Man Utd came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Old Trafford but Erik ten Hag’s side are yet to find their form this season. Marcus Rashford has urged Manchester United fans to ‘stick with’ the players after Saturday’s come-from-behind 3-2 win at home to Nottingham Forest. United somehow managed to find themselves 2-0 down after just four minutes at Old Trafford, with goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Willy Boly silencing the Old Trafford crowd. Erik ten Hag’s side are yet to find their form this season and were left incredibly open once again as a pacy Forest side countered…

The Manchester City fan who ran onto the pitch and jumped on Erling Haaland before kissing the striker has been revealed as a former world champion boxer. Terry Flanagan, 34, is a retired British pro fighter and major City fan who held the WBO lightweight title between 2015 and 2017. He lost just two of his 38 fights, recording 14 KOs in the process. But Flanagan is unlikely to have celebrated any of his wins more than Haaland’s timely strike. The incident happened an hour into City’s 2-1 win at Bramall Lane on Sunday. Haaland had already missed a penalty…

In over five decades of rotary wing aviation, many helicopters have come and gone to and from the US Armed Forces, but the H-1 “Huey” still stands strong. Heavily upgraded, there are two existing variants of the Huey still in service, the UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper, both of which serve in the Marine Corps. Manufactured by Bell Helicopter/Textron Inc., the UH-1N is the military version of the Bell 212, first designed and flown in 1956. It entered service with the US Army in 1959 as a utility helicopter. Although officially designated the Iroquois, it was known as “Huey” in…

The U.S. Defense Department will begin training Ukrainians to fly and maintain F-16 fighter jets in the coming months. The training is expected to begin in October at the Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, and will be facilitated by the Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing. The U.S.-led training is “in support of the international effort to develop and strengthen Ukraine’s long-term defenses. The Netherlands and Denmark have announced their intentions to make F-16 aircraft from their fleets available to Ukraine. In total, up to 61 Dutch and Danish F-16s could eventually be transferred to Ukraine. Secretary of…

‘Give the people what they want,’ is a commonly used expression. But Japanese luxury car maker Lexus doesn’t appear to have taken much notice of this phrase as it looks set to deliver a new model that goes completely against the grain of market demand. With SUVs selling in droves, drivers have turned their back on some vehicle segments. And none more so than Multi Purpose Vehicles (MPVs), which many manufacturers have completely omitted from new car line-ups or plan to ditch in the not too distant future. Yet Lexus has done the complete opposite with the arrival of its…

First Flight A Black Hawk has flown without a Pilot for the first time. It was converted into a drone by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for a program known as ALIAS. The test flights took place at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. A Sikorsky-made MATRIX autonomy system controlled the unmanned helicopter, courtesy of Lockheed Martin. Technology The technology isn’t strictly used to turn a helicopter into a drone. Instead, a new switch is installed on board to indicate if there are two pilots, one pilot, or no pilot operating the helicopter. The test flight on February 5, 2022, was…

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Beleaguered Manchester United player Mason Greenwood might fashion himself to be the Dark Knight, but he is the joker at best, making even the club’s decision makers look like clowns. The youngster is a prodigious talent who came through the club’s academy. Having taken to senior football like a fish to water, the sky was the limit for the 21-year-old, who looked primed for superstardom. But a mere five years after making his Red Devils debut, he is set to leave Old Trafford in disgrace…

Undoubtedly, the Kylian Mbappé case caused a stir during the summer transfer period, and its outcome is still uncertain. When asked about the Ballon d’Or and the French international, Kevin De Bruyne discreetly sent a spade to Paris Saint-Germain. Throughout the summer season, the soap opera involving Kylian Mbappé has been at the heart of Paris Saint-Germain ‘s transfer window movements . The reputation of the French international (70 caps, 40 goals) continues to make people talk, even across the Channel. During a broadcast on Sky Sports , the video of which was posted on YouTube last Friday, Kevin De…

The Sikorsky S-97 Raider light prototype helicopter has completed much of it’s testing, and recently exceeded 200 knots, or 230 mph, at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. The program is based on X2 technology that enables helicopters to achieve speeds twice what a conventional helicopter can operate at, according to Sikorsky. “The Sikorsky S-97 Raider flight test program is exceeding expectations, demonstrating Raider’s revolutionary speed, maneuverability and agility,” Tim Malia, director of future vertical lift light at Sikorsky, said in a statement. “X2 Technology represents a suite of technologies needed for the future fight, enabling the warfighter to engage in…

Volvo has denied us Brits its saloons and estates, and it doesn’t look like we’ll get the MPV either. Big news! Volvo has announced that its first ever MPV is coming soon, and this is the very first picture of it. It’ll be called the EM90 and it’s described as a “fully electric premium MPV” that has been designed to feel “like a Scandinavian living room on the move”. A bit like IKEA on wheels. Probably. But wait, Volvo has already canned all of its saloons and estates for the UK, so will we get the first people carrier? Unlikely.…

A £2million ($2.5million) all-electric hypercar with a staggering 1,900 horsepower has hit the streets of New York. The Pininfarina Battista reaches 60mph (100km/h) quicker an F1 car, passes 180mph (290km/h) before an F-16 fighter jet does and will keep going all the way to a top speed of 217mph (350kmh/hr) courtesy of its electric motors being fed by a 120 kWh battery. A prototype was unveiled last month and now it has been showcased again this week at an off-site event at the Javits Center for the New York International Auto Show Its creators say the Battista will be ‘the…

Hell of a Copter It’s amazing what people can make fly, especially when the cold war was in full swing. These were the days of crazy Soviet engineering, and a running theme was to make stuff bigger. One such relic of the time is the Mil V-12, a Helicopter so big it could transport train locomotives and airplanes (yes you read that right). Yes, a helicopter can transport planes bigger than itself. It was primarily designed to move ICBMs around the USSR so that spy planes couldn’t successfully follow them. However, as technology advanced and missiles became smaller, trucks got…

Manchester United could be without first-choice goalkeeper Andre Onana for four games this season, given recent reports of the player’s potential return to the Cameroon national team. Actu Foot Afrique released a post on X yesterday suggesting that Man United’s new star shot-stopper could return to the Cameroon international team in September during the international break. In a companion article, the outlet cites a source close to Onana as saying “The [Cameroonian] Government has been negotiating with the player to return to the selection for at least six months. The love he has above all for his country will probably…

Erling Haaland’s cousin is also an absolute goal machine, suggesting that there’s something special in the family genes. The 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund hot-shot has developed into one of the deadliest strikers in world football and could well be a man in demand in the summer. But don’t be surprised to see his relative follows in his footsteps in the coming years. Albert Braut Tjaaland is basically Haaland 2.0. Video: Albert Braut Tjaland Skills Fellow striker Tjaaland, with the same slicked-back blonde hair, towering frame and death stare, has scored an astonishing 64 goals in 37 games for Molde’s youth team.…

During a 20-minute test flight of the prototype S-97 Raider at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida, facility — conducted in front of four journalists in the first such public demonstration — the unconventional coaxial-rotor aircraft performed routines that would make any helicopter pilot jealous. For instance, the single-engine Raider, which Sikorsky is using as a testbed as it develops its entry for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition, used reverse pitch on its rear propeller to maintain a nose-down attitude in a steady hover — as if targeting weapons or sensors to the ground, searching for injured…

Military expectations Over time, military requirements evolve. Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and military expectations need to be met. Every weapons system has its counter and given long enough, that counter will certainly be invented and the weapon thus exploited. As a result, a constant stream of development occurs. To that end, the United States military has been taking into account what new attack helicopter it should purchase. The lead choice has been Sikorsky-Boeing’s Defiant X whose prototype is designated as SB-1 Defiant. It is an attack helicopter with revolutionary air assault capabilities that will define the wars…

Marcus Rashford received sharp criticism from Manchester United legend Roy Keane. Keane knows Rashford doesn’t like playing as a centre-forward, but you have to give your best!. Marcus Rashford has played as a starter in the first two matches of Manchester United in the 2023/2024 Premier League season. Rashford is plotted as a center forward. As a result, Rashford has not been able to score a goal. Indeed, there is a new centre-forward, namely Rasmus Hojlund, but the player is still struggling to recover from injury. Roy Keane, a MU legend, knows very well that Marcus Rashford is not happy…

…even though it’s not exactly in the movie. The 2009 science fiction movie Avatar, which takes Dances With Wolves to another planet and dives in, doesn’t have any conventional four-door sedans in it—certainly not any made by Mercedes-Benz. But that didn’t stop the German brand from making a conventional four-door sedan that could have been in the movie. Or would at least fit in with the movie’s ethos. So they did. And I drove it. “Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR—inspired by (the movie) Avatar—is the result of an unprecedented global partnership between one of the most innovative brands in the entertainment industry…

Engineered by Sikorsky, the CH-53K King Stallion made its first flight in 2015. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, one of the largest defense contractors and political donors in the US. It’s about 28 feet high and 99 feet in length. It’s powered by three T408-GE-400 turboshaft engines, which can bring the King Stallion to a maximum speed of about 230 mph. And has a maximum altitude of about 9,520 feet. It also has a maximum takeoff weight of about 88,000 pounds, and can externally haul more than 27,000 pounds — three times what the CH-53E can.…